Richard Gere

Personal Details

  • Born

    • Birthday: 31 August 1949
  • Source ID

    • TMDb: 1205

Richard Gere

Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and producer. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978).

He came to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol.

He went on to star in many well-received films, including An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Cotton Club (1984), Pretty Woman (1990), Sommersby (1993), Primal Fear (1996), Runaway Bride (1999), I'm Not There (2007), Arbitrage (2012) and Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the Academy Award-winning musical Chicago (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast.

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Richard Gere filmography

Selected highlights from Richard Gere’s filmography, featuring their best-known movies and TV shows in the Watchmora catalogue.